Device foe delivering cards



Oct, 20, 1953' w. BOLLMANN 2,655,233

DEVICE FOR DELIVERING CARbS ESPECIALLY RAILWAY TICKETS Filed Feb. 29,1948 INVENTOR. h alil" Bollmann ifarneys.

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Patented Oct. 20, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DEVICE FOR DELIVERINGCARDS, ESPECIALLY RAILWAY TICKETS Walter Bollmann, Zurich, SwitzerlandApplication February 29, 1948, Serial No. 12,198

In Switzerland August 6, 1947 2 Claims. (01. 312-61) The presentinvention relates to an improved device for delivering cards, especiallyrailway tickets.

There exist arrangements of the type having commonly known magazines fortaking a bulky supply, disposed in parallelism in a cabinet and fromwhich the cards or tickets can individually be withdrawn, the cardsbeing under the infiuence of springs tending to urge them towards thedelivery opening of the magazines located at right angles to thedischarge opening of the cab inet with the cards stored parallelthereto. The upper edges of the cards are stored closely one afteranother lying at the same level in the magazine, whereby grasping of theoutermost card is rather difficult.

The object of the present invention is to over- According to theinvention the improved arrangement of the cards is obtained in that themagazines are disposed at an angle relative to the plane of thedischarge opening or the cabinet, and that the cards and the deliveryopening of the magazines are located parallel to the discharge Openingof the cabinet so that each card has one of its edges in staggeredrelation to the corresponding edge of the following card to enable theeasy removal of the cards. In other words, all consecutive cards havetheir edges in stepped arrangement so that the outermost card can eachtime be easily taken hold of by its exposed edge.

The depth of the cabinets accommodating the magazines is determined bythe capacity of the latter, and the magazines being obliouely positionedin the cabinet according to the invention permit. at equal capacity, areduction of the depth of the magazine.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of exam le a preferredembodiment of the invention, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a lateral view of a single magazine for takin a bulky suply of cards or tickets:

Fig. 2 represents a top view of the magazine as per Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the magazine;

Fig. 4 shows a detail of the magazine: and

Fig. 5 is a lateral view of the detail shown in Fi 4.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1-3, the magazine denoted bynumeral I is preferably moulded from artificial resin, with plainsurface and of channeled cross-section, i. e. one side completely open.White coloured artificial resin is best adapted for the purpose. In itsposition of use as in Fig. 1, the magazine is provided 2 in the frontwith a delivery opening for the cards 2 stored closely therein one afteranother. The delivery opening and the cards lie thereby in verticalplanes, whereas the magazine is inclined to the rear. Thus all upperedges of the cards 2 are progressively stepped.

Mounted in magazine I is a slide member 3 carrying at its top a cam 4adapted to guide the slide in a way 5 provided in the upper wall of themagazine. The front of the slide 3 facing the cards 2 bears against thecards with its bottom end, whereas its upper end has an arcuate recess 6to provide a clearance allowing insertion of a finger to push back theslide 3.

Detachably arranged between the back wall of magazine I and the slide 3is a plate spring 7 bent in zigzag-line, tending to urge the slide 3 andconsequently the cards 2 towards the delivery opening of the magazine I.The spring 1 is held by two pins mounted respectively on the slide andon the back wall of the magazine. The upper and the lower walls of themagazine have cross-ribs 8 and 9, respectively, closely fitted tothefront of its delivery opening and against which the upper and the lowermarginal portions of the cards 2 come to rest.

To permit a card to be easily grasped by its upper edge the magazine Ihas its upper wall cut away at Ill.

The rib 8 defines an acute angle with the plane of the delivery openingof the magazine I. The upper edge of the foremost ticket is grasped withthe finger tip in the cut-off portion and is tilted forwardly around itslower edge, and this is possible only because the rear face of the rib 8is arranged substantially perpendicular to the plane of the deliveryopening.

The slide member 3 carries a, hook I! provided with a recess l2 therein.When pushing back the slide its hook H enters a slot [3 in the back wallof the magazine. where it is retained by means of a lockin member Mpivoted thereon and rockable into the recess l2.

Situated in a depression or well in the upper magazine wall andsurrounded by a ridge I5 is a plate l6 (Figs. 4 and 5) adapted to engagethe way 5 by means of an offset lug H.

A prolongation 18 of this plate is provided with a coloured head l9,preferably red, and it lies in a channel open at the front. The plate Hicooperates with the cam 4 by means of the lug l1. When upon taking offcards the slide 3 has moved towards the delivery opening so far that thecam 4 strikes against the lug ll, then upon further removal of cards theplate I6 is carried along. If the head 19 becomes visible at the frontof the magazine, this indicates that there is left but a certain minimumnumber of cards in the magazine which therefore needs to be refilled.

Screwed-down onto ridge is a plate (not shown) adapted to close fromabove the depression which contains the plate IE. When shifting theslide rearwardly the plate [6 'falls back by its own weight so that thesignal head is disappears. However, this plate could be taken to itsrearward position by a pull spring if desired.

What I claim is:

1. A magazine for holding a stack of tickets having a generallyrectangular outline comprising a housing defined by two'spaced wallsraperpendicular wall joining said spaced walls along one of thelongitudinal edges thereof, an 'end wall for said spaced andperpendicular walls and an open end constituting a delivery openingopposite said end wall, the front face of the outermost card of thestack lying at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the housing andwithin the housing, a spring-loaded .follower slide within said housinglocated between the stack of tickets and the end wall for urging thetickets toward the delivery opening, a transverse rib on one of thespaced walls forming an acute angle with respect to the plane of thedelivery opening at the Open end of the housing, means on the other ofthe spaced walls cooperating with said transverse rib to retain thestack of tickets within the housing, the rear face of .the rib beingsubstantially perpendicular .to the said plane, means on said rib andsaid spaced wall forming a cut-away portion to permit the manualgrasping of the edge of each ticket, means on the slide defining acontact surface to engage the rearmost ticket only in that area adjacentthe spaced wall having the means thereon cooperating with the transverserib, and further means on the slide inthrough the hiatus between the twospaced walls,

means defining a guideway in one of the walls, a

projection on the slide extendin into the guideway to retain and guidethe slide within the housing, an indicator slidably mounted on one ofthe spaced walls and means carried by the indicator for engagement bythe projection to move the'indicator beyond the open end of the housingwhen less than a predetermined number of tickets remain in the housing.

' WALTER BOLLMANN.

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